Published date: 20 February 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 8 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative services for business operations - 75112000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

CQC PER 018

Published date

20 February 2017

Closing date

8 March 2017

Contract start date

1 May 2017

Contract end date

30 April 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CQC is seeking to appoint an external contractor for the provision of a full e-service for Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks. Specifically, the full e-service being sought by CQC must include the provision of:

(i) an e-bulk platform to facilitate the administration of DBS checks electronically;
(ii) ID checking services specifically designed for staff;
(iii) advice to CQC on DBS policies and procedures, as laid down by the Disclosure and Barring Service; and
(iv) Management information reporting to enable CQC to manage, verify and track all applications within the checking process including initial confirmation, in order to establish if a check is clear or contains information.

CQC are required to undertake various pre-employment checks for all new starters in line with the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standards, and for eligible roles a criminal record check via the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service - formerly CRB) is also required. DBS checks form a vital part of CQC's employment processes enabling us to continually assess if an employee is suitable for a particular role and to carry out our obligation to protect children and adults in a vulnerable care settings while we are inspecting services.

The contractor shall be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to administer disclosure applications on behalf of non-registered organisations using the DBS e-bulk service interface. The contractor shall deliver the contract requirements securely and in compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service procedures.

The contract that CQC intends to award will cover a period of 3 years, with the opportunity for this to be extended by up to a further 1 year (subject to agreement by both parties).

To access the tender documentation, please visit https://cqc-commercial.bravosolution.co.uk.

If your organisation has not yet registered on CQC's e-tendering portal, please register via the weblink. You will then be able to view the current opportunities (of which this is one) and access the tender documentation from there.

Should you encounter any difficulties when registering, a dedicated Bravo Solutions helpdesk is available and can be contacted on 0800 368 4850.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please note that this notice is linked to an earlier Prior Information Notice for the Provision of e-services for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks (for the Care Quality Commission):

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a937bc8b-d5f8-4902-806d-7c76e0bf5f76?p=@RPT0=NjJNT08=UFQxUlR

About the buyer

Contact name

CQC Commercial & Contracts Team

Address

151 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SZ
England

Email

commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk